Cleveland-Cliffs Iron 401(k) match, vesting and fees

Plan year 2024 filingSavings Plan for Hourly Employees of Empire Iron Mining Partnership, Tilden Mining Company,l.C. and the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company · Plan 020 · EIN 34-0677332Updated Oct 2026

What Cleveland-Cliffs Iron's 401(k) plan says about matching contributions

The match terms have not been published from this plan's filing yet.
The plan year 2024 filing reports $239K in employer contributions, about $346 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula. Plan year 2024 Form 5500 ↗
$192,489
Average account balance
845
Participants (end of year)
$133M
Plan assets (end of year)
0.01%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperFidelity Inv Inst Operations CoSchedule C ↗
Independent auditorMeaden & Moore, Ltd. (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and status401(k) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

How the plan compares

Plan year 2024 medians for 77 defined-contribution plans in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction with 500 to 999 participants.

Cleveland-Cliffs Iron: employer contribution per participant$346
Peer median$3,161
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron: average balance$192,489
Peer median$80,254
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron: admin expenses ÷ assets0.01%
Peer median0.18%

Admin expenses are the plan's reported administrative expenses divided by its assets; they do not include fund expense ratios.

Plan history

Plan assets went from $134M at the end of plan year 2021 to $133M at the end of plan year 2024.

$134M2021$103M2022$120M2023$133M2024
End-of-year figures from each plan year's Form 5500 filing for the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron plan.
Plan yearParticipantsAssetsEmployer contributionsPer participantAdmin expense ratioMatch formulaFiling
2024845$133M$239K$3460.01%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
2023886$120M$139K$2070.02%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
2022868$103M$77K$1140.02%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
2021890$134M$14K$21—Not publishedForm 5500 ↗

Other Cleveland-Cliffs Iron plans (1)

Each plan files its own Form 5500. Figures are from each plan's latest filing.

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company and Its Associated Employers

Plan 004 · EIN 34-0677332 · plan year 2024 filing
$155,667
Average account balance
2,878
Participants (end of year)
$448M
Plan assets (end of year)
0.40%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperBNY MellonSchedule C ↗
Independent auditorMeaden & Moore, Ltd. (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and statusPension (defined benefit) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

Common questions

Does Cleveland-Cliffs Iron match 401(k) contributions?

The match terms for the Savings Plan for Hourly Employees of Empire Iron Mining Partnership, Tilden Mining Company,l.C. and the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company have not been published from its filing yet. The plan year 2024 filing reports $239K in employer contributions, about $346 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula.

When is the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron 401(k) match vested?

The vesting schedule for the Savings Plan for Hourly Employees of Empire Iron Mining Partnership, Tilden Mining Company,l.C. and the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company is not in the data published so far. Your Summary Plan Description states it.

Who manages the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron 401(k)?

The recordkeeper listed on Schedule C of the plan year 2024 filing is Fidelity Inv Inst Operations Co. The plan administrator is Employee Benefits Admin Dept. Attn Abigail Ducharme.

I left Cleveland-Cliffs Iron. How do I find my old 401(k)?

Your account stays in the plan until you move it. Contact the plan administrator (Employee Benefits Admin Dept. Attn Abigail Ducharme, (216) 694-5505) or the recordkeeper, Fidelity Inv Inst Operations Co. The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron old 401(k) page lists the contacts from every plan filing. Find an old Cleveland-Cliffs Iron 401(k)

Data from the public Form 5500 annual reports Cleveland-Cliffs Iron filed with the U.S. Department of Labor (plan years 2021 and 2022 and 2023 and 2024) and, where noted, the attached independent auditor's report. Plan terms may have changed since the filing; check your current Summary Plan Description. PlanFacts is not affiliated with Cleveland-Cliffs Iron. Not financial advice. Report a correction · Methodology